Every Single Game is lagging on this computer?!

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Falkniven

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Hi,
I have an HP Pavilion a4316f-b with the following specs
-AMD Athlon II Quad-Core Processor 2.60gHz
-Intergrated Geforce 9100
-Pegatron M2N78-LA (Violet) Motherboard
-6gb of RAM (although it said that on 3gb was availble, any help?)
-300w Power Supply
I play games like TF2 before just fine. But now it's lagging to the point of 4-7 FPS. I can't really play anything now besides web surfing. If anyone can help me or suggest additional upgrades, that would be extremely helpful!
 
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Falkniven

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Any other graphic card suggestion that would fit the PC specs? I'm only looking for a graphic card that runs with these components for games such as DayZ, TF2, and various other modern 3D games.
 
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mamasan2000

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Buy a new computer. Not worth upgrading.
300W PSU wont support anything new. CPU is too old to not be a bottleneck in every modern game.
Buying a GPU would net very little performance.

Get an upgrade package with memory, mobo, cpu, power supply unit and gpu. You might need a new case to fit all new components too. Modern CPU heatsinks are large. Stock coolers suck so avoid if at all possible.
Basicly, buy a new computer but keep the keyboard and mouse...
 
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Falkniven

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I just got a PC off of craigslist.
-Intel Core 2 Q9400 Quad-Core 2.66GHz
-NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
-8GB of RAM
is that better?

 
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Replacing an old computer with another old computer? I don't think so.
If you want to be gaming for the next 3-5 years I would suggest:

100$ mobo (ASUS is a good brand)
200$ CPU, quadcore intel i5
80$ ram, 1600 mhz cl9, at least. Whatever CPU + mobo supports. Get two modules, its faster.

250-300$ GPU, again, Asus is a good brand, so is XFX.
100-150$ 7-800 Watt PSU. At least Silver certified.

Case and heatsink is up to you to decide.

It only takes a day to research components.
Just google the component and add 'review' to the end.
For example: 'G-skill ripjaw 1600 mhz review'.
Read a few reviews per component. Also skim thru comments.
If its too much work, get a console.
 
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